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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22
THE BIRTH OF A SMILE.

When love was novice, a long time ago
Deck d out by mamma with a CULVER and bow.
He used them Us playthings, and threw out his
darts
At doves and at spsrroWs, and thought not of
hearts.
But shooting at random Is dangerous play.
A fair nymph was struck by an arrow one
And Cupid, who then was not so hardend in
guilt,
Turn'd pale at the sight of the blood he had
split.
20. what can do for my pretty young maid?
I'll be your physician" the pentent said
Come, tell me Your symptoms" " Alas" she
"a flutteripg pulse and pain in my side.
And a feverish feeling when Damon is nigh.
And pang when he leaves me / cannot tell
why;
o cure me, or shoot Damon, also I'm sura
If he shared my feelings I'd ask for no cure"
9" No. no, YOU shall shoot him YOURSELF" he re-
piled
"Tli give you my weapon. and fgh. on your
side;
Prepare your artillery. this way he went;
1 see him, Wen wound him-make ready, pre-
sent
III send new light to your eyes, and give
birth
To mingled expression, half archness, half
mirth
I'll show him your teeth when your little mouth
speaks.
And plsce small dimple In one of your
cheeks"
These charms in succession were fruitlessly
tried;
The youth felt no fever, no pain in the side.
Now. use all your arrows at once" cried the
child
She did So and Damon was hers-for she
smi!e
DelightfuE delightful said Cupid 1--WE
found
A charm of al others most certain to wound !:
Though eyes. >eeth, and dimples may fail for
awhile,
Combine them, and call the bright weapon a
smileW -EOid Poem
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the dial. The number of wheels, parts,
pinions, springs and other parts of the me-
chanisnl is legion, all of which contribute to
most wonderful and amusing exhibitions of
historical events. The several phases Of
the moon are indicated. The entire sys-
TEN of the planets and solar systems
are shown in perfect form and in all the
varied revolutions A perfect system of
astronomy may be studied from the inge-
NOUS machinery. Many hundred figures
represent distinguished clergymen, law
yers, physicians, orators, poets, musicians,
sculptors, artists and actors; also distin-
guished men Of all nations. These figures
are said to be carved in wood from correct
likenesses, and are most complete repre-
sensations. The signers of the Declara-
ton of independence assembled as repre-
seated in history, the Cabinet of Lincoln
when the emancipation proclamation was
signed, the surrender of Lee at Appomat-
tox, several enes at the Centennial at
Philadelphia in 1876, and noted scenes
and historical events as represented in the
Bible have a prominent place Shake
spearean plays are set out with characters
true to the representations Of the author
and the modern setting at the theaters,
with dress and costume to correspond.
Figures and fashions of dress. both ancient
and modern, down to the latest period. are
among the curiosities. A multitude of
amusing scenes viii fill out the measure of
this wonderful clock. II is safe to say it
will surpass any other mechanical struc-
ture of the kind ever produced.-Nep York
T0nypaL
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We boS to the man who kneels.- Victor
Hugo.
Make life ministry of love, and it will
always be worth living.
God often bears long with those with
whom he will not bear always.
Uho2e who complain without a cause
may soon have cause to complain.
He that never changed any of his opin-
ions never corrected any of his mi-tak es.-
Bishop Hall
The seed Of sacrifice brings forth the
fragrant fruit Of love, and love always has
in its heart the seeds of new sacrifice
Rev. Josiah Strong.
Life is before you; not an earthly life
alone, hut an endless life; thread run
ming unfortunately through the work Of
eternity. @. Hoiiand.
l like a straight theology that is like a
telescope, so that | can not only see
through it, but when put it to my eye,
it will bring heaven right down to me
Sam Jones'
Get into the habit of looking for the
silver lining of the cloud, and when you
h"'c loulu IL Cohtluuc W lOoh 1T IL. Fdther
than at the leaden gray in the middle. 1t
will help you over many hard places.-Dr
4. A. Wiiiets
/ will tell you a good proverb. wish
you would always remember it God has
given US eyelids as well as eyes" Do you
understand ii? What are eyelids for2
Not to see. Your eyes are to see with.
Your evelids not to see. Remember. there
are great many things in life-bad things
and God has given us eyelids that we
may not see them, as well as eyes to look
at the good things. Use your eyelids. Do
not see the bad things.-Reo j. Vaughan.
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Capture Of q Boa in "A Sewer.

Some sewermen met with strange ad-
venture while OF work one night in one of
the la6yrinths Of subterranean Paris. As
they were busily engaged in cleaning out
that part of the metropolitan ciOacd which
Is under the Boulevard de Ia Villette, they
suddenly hear a loud and prolonged sound
Of kissing, which some Of them took to be
the cries of a person in distress, and who
had, perhaps, fallen into the drain at one
of the open points Redonnet, the fore.
man OF the gang thought, however, that
the strange noise was caused by evil
doors, who were probably hiding in
the sewers from the police; so he took up
bis shovel and marched boldly toward
the spot whence the sound proceeded.
After having proceeded Il considerable dis
tance, he saw by the dim light of the
sever-lamps an enormous boa constructor
coiled around one OF the waterducts, with
its head protruding toward him. Redon-
net Immediately stunned the reptile with
vigorous blow from his shovel and, his
workmen having come up the whole party
set TO work until they battered the lie out
of the Inflated and imprudent boa. The
remains of the reptile were then carefully
collected and borne in triumph to the sur
face of the earth, and then to the nearest
police station, where, it appears, the boa
was wanted, as it had managed to escape
from the menagerie of wandering show
man, who had been exhibiting his 50 fearful
wild fowl" to the inhabitants of the
municipal boroughs of La Villette and La
Chapeile.-N. Y. Times.
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THE Use OF FERT1I1zERs-Tbe pror

lHE Use OF fERT1IIZERS.-Ihe prODer
feeding of the orchard is yet a matter not
generally understood Circumstances in
this matter, as in all others, alter cases.
Some soils contain large amount of veg
etable matter. The trees make a rapid
growth and an excess of wood, but bear no
fruit. Stop feeding them with stable ma
nure. Mineral fertilizers and perhaps
root pruning are needed to induce the
trees to yield fruit instead of wood. Phos-
phorus and potash are the great remedies.
Wood ashes contain both, and its applica-
ton, even in large quantities is ALWAYS
safe. Thin, hard soils, which contain little
vegetable matter and produce only sickly,
yellowish looking trees and a small annual
growth, are generally improved by the APP
plication of stable manure. An even coat
of this should be spread over every foot of
the orchard, and will have the best effect
if Thoroughly mixed with the surface soil.
Even if left on top, however, it will i'm
prove the texture Of the soil and stimulate
the trees to more active growth.-Rural
Californian.
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Mechanism of the Henri.

In DR.. b. w. Richardson's recent Canton
Lectures, IN speaking on the mechanism of
the heart, he described the number Of pull
satlons OF the heart in different animals
in fish, frog, bird, rabbit, cat, dog. sheep,
horse-and made few comments on the
remarkable slowness Of the heart-fortv
strokes per minute-in the horse. Then
the number Of pulsations in man at various
periods OF life, aid at different levels, from
the level OF the sea uD to 1000 feet above
sea level, was brought under review, and was
followed by q computation of the average
work performed by the heart in healthy
adult man. The work was traced out bv
the minute, the hour and the day, and was
shown to equal the feat of raising ) tons
4 cwt one foot per hour, or l25 tons in
twenty-foUr hours The excess of this
work under alcohol IN varying quantities
formed a corol!ary to the history of the
work Of the heart, Parkc5 calculation
showing an excess Of 24-foot tons from the
inhibition Of eight fluid ounces of alcohol.
The facts relating to the work of the heart
by the weight Of work accomplished was
supplemented by z new calculation, in
which the course OF calculation was ex-
planned by mileage Presenting that the
blood was thrown out of the heart at each
pulsation in the proportion of sixty-nine
strokes per minute, and at the as
sumed force of nine feet, the mile
age of the blood through the body might be
taken at 207 yards per minute, seven miles
per hour, l6S miles per day, g., 800 miles per
pear, or 5,l50,8S0 miles in lifetime of
eighty-four years. The number of beats of
the heart in the same long life would reach
the grand total of 2,S69, 10000
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Give Them a Chance.

That is to say, your lungs. Also all your
breathing machinery. Very wonderful
machinery it is. Not only the larger air
passages, bat the thousands of little tubes
and cavities leading from them.
When these are clogged and choked with
matter which ought moi to be there, Your
lungs cannot half do their work. And
what they DO, they cannot do we'll.
Call 1t cold, cough, Group, pneumonia,
catarrh, consumption or any of the family
of throat and nose and head and lung
distractions, are all bad. All ought to
be got rid of. There is just one sure
way to get rid of them. That is TO
take Boschee's German Syrup. which auv
druggist will sell you at IS cents a bottle.
Even if everything else has failed You, YOU
may depend upon this for certain.
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Why the Treasury Surplus Continues.

In view of the facts that the money of
the people, which should be employed in
rehabilitating the impoverished South,
and in otherwise adding TO the wealth of
the people and the power and glory Of the
country, is pouring into the vaults of the
Treasury at the rate of more than 81 ,0OO.-
600 per day; that there are none of our
bonds that the Government can call at its
option and pay at par, and that there will
be none for more than four years, when
less than $250000,000 will mature: that
there are now on depoSit with the United
States Treasurer, as security for national
bank notes and Government deposits. about
SSO,00O,O00, or nearly one-third of these
bonds; that when these Il per cents shall
have been paid, no further outlet for sur
plus funds can occur for twenty years, or
until the I per cents may be paid in 1907 I;
that our receipts from internal taxes, as is
shown by the foregoing table, are increas-
ing at the rate of nearly 100000 per
year, and that if annual payments on ac-
count Of the sinking fund are to be main
tanned they will effect an annual reduction
OF 100000 in our payments of interest :;
that the interests Of all our other manu-
featuring industries are antagoniZed
by three affiliated monopolies each
Of which owes its existence to
the provisions of the international tax
laws, viz, the distillers of spirits
from grain, known as the whisky ring, of
the widespread agencies Of which ring
the distillers are but the central influence;
the few wealthy manufacturers of tobacco.
in whose hands the invidious and oppres-
slve provisions Of the tax law have con-
centrated the entire trade of the country;
and, thirdly, the Brewers Association;
that the legal privileges of these monop-
olles are supported by the saloon-keepers
OF the country and their unhappy victims,
and by hosts Of misguided champions of
temperance and religion, whose strange
alliance with these interests recalls John
Randolph's denunciation of supposed
political bargain as coalition between
Puritan and 4 blackleg; and, finally, that
during the fiscal year just closed the In
ternal Revenue Bureau disbursed, as it has
done for many years, over 100000
among four thousand supporters of this
system Of war taxes, by the agency of
which it Is sought to cripple the produc-
tive industries Of the country; in view Of
these portentous facts, immediate action
ought to be taken for the abolition of
these sources Of surplus revenue and the
overthrow of the demoralizing influences
which aspire to the control of our national
financial and industrial policy Judge
Wal. u. heLtcp, IN the Forum for Oct2Jcr.
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PRUITand VEGETABLE
Il a RI - -
(Non-irrigated)
LIVERMORE VALLEY,
Alameda County, GAL.
About 1000 Acres OF the Be1t Land of
the ROSE BLACK TRACTS,


the ROSE BLACK TRACTS,
Adjoining the beautiful, -embowered
town of Pleasanton, are now for the first time
offered for sale in small subdivisions. The soil
of the Black Ranch has long been well known
as equal to the best in California. That of the
Rose Tract is equally good. The land ofie ed
is all moist, but never oveTtiOws.
For Fruit oue-half OF this land has no supe-
rior as surrounding orchards viii attest. IL is
Il deep, weil-draiued. aliuvial loan, which has
produced a ton of whe4t 10 the acre in the
dryeSt season ever seen in this State. Two tons
OF barley to the acre is a common crop on this
land.
For Vegefab' es and kindred crons without
irrigation, ii has no equal anywhere. Hop
Fields, BlacEberry, strawberry and As
paragus beds and q large acreage of pota-
toes, beets. carrots, sq0arh and pumpkins,
OF cOuntry-falr size, are Low growing or being
harvested on the land. A common crop of p0-
tItoes is 800 sacks per acre; of carrots IS to 100
tons; other products in proportion. Is IN
equaled for the sugar beet. Alta fl produces
four crops year.
There is not an acre Of any but the very best
lana offered The tracts have been opened up
by wide, graded avenues, and VIII be sold in
small plOlS OF from FIVE acres upwards
No better tract OF land has ever been sub
divided in California American families are
deriving q comfortable support from two or
three acres Of this land.
This is 4 Neritsbie Garden Spot Of the
Earth" where u generous soil and every
needed climatic condition yield results which
seem almost fabulous.
No dead water. no malaria, no fegs.
llvermore Valley nestles among the high,
rugged ridges of the Coast Range. aud is ex-
posed to neither the cold winds of the coast nor
the great heat of the Interior he climate is
a Near perfection as this world affords.
But a. miles from San Francisco, on Liver
more Division OF the c. ?. Il. K. Two mails
daily. Telegraph and telephone facilities.
Free Carriages at PlcaSauton at all times &c
convey parties over the land. 1t may also be
seen by Joining the State Board of Trade excur-
sion to livermOre Nav Inber Sd.
For futher maps or luther particulars ad
dress STANLEY g. BARTLETT,
Pieasanton, Cal.
Or call on L. r. LILLESTHAL, 100 Front
street, San Francisco ol2-ImIp
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A Feat In photography.

The remarkable advance that has been
made in recent years in the application of
photography to the production of pictures
mechanically printed has seldom been bet
ter illustrated than by picture used to
illustrate the Philadelphia Photographer of
August Goth. 1t represents the first tableau
in "The Tanning Of the Shrew," as pro-
duced by the Daily company, 4 scene which,
on account of Its richness and beauty, will
long be remembered by all who saw it.
The negative was taken on ortho-chromatic
plates oget the true value of the brilliant
colors; the stage was lighted by electric
lights in such way as to produce artistic
effects with plenty Of detail; and the
pictures were finally reproduced by the
photogravure process and printed in sepia,
to add to the richness OF the effect. The
result is an art production by chemical and
mechanical processes that is in its way
comparable to the best work OF the en-
graver or etcher. 1t is something far be
You'd the ordinary work OF the photo
grapher, and may be considered the high
est development of his art. Such pic
ture oould scarcely have been made before
the invention of ortho-chromatic plates
and the introduction of electric lights in
4heaters.- Philadelphia Ledger.
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OUR RAISINS TAKE THE LEAD.
Tho California Product Acknowledged to
be Superior to Others,
The New York MliI and Express of a
dot

be Superior to Others,
The New York MuI and Express of a
recent date says:
The California raisin has reached such
perfection that il is now able to cOnpete
successfully with the finest OF the Spanish
fruit. Already some of the present sea
sons crop is i'll the market, and presents q
handsome appearance. The loose native
Mpscatel is now packed by machinery.
which has enabled the packers to compete
with the lowpriced manual labor of Spain.
Tue steam power stemmer" stems and
divides the fruit into three grades at the
rate OF 100000 pounds day, with the as
sis'anc1 Of about twenty men. This rapid
lty OF operation wonld surprise the Span
ish packers with their primitive methods
of stemming by hand To this is added a
packing machine, which packs he s5emmed
raislns IN boxes OF twenty pounds weight
each. weil-knoWn handler said this
morning:
Z" must acknowledge that this season
the California raisins are superior 10 the
imported Spanish fruit. The grape crop
has been large and fine, the raisins better
cured, and | think will command nearly if
not quite as high a price as the foreign
product. Were it not for the interstate
commerce law, which has increased the
cost of transportation from twenty to
thlrty-five cents 4 box, the native fruit
could be sold cheaper. 1t seems strange to
me that the Government should thus i'm
pose tax upon the native products of the
country. am informed that over 1,OOO-
900 boxes, or 100000 pounds, of raisins
are coming Eastward from California. OF
this quantity, about One-tenth, or 100000
pounds, will reach New York. 4 part of
this shipment has already arrived, and
more will do so next week. So fine is the
fruit that it is bought up 10 q great extent
before it reaches here. The remainder of
the Eastern shipment is dropped by the
way at the principal cities. 1t is my
opinion that the California raisin will soon
drive the foreign out of the American
market, and will finally be exported to
furopeh
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A small, soft sponge is saturated with the
mixture and rubbed once or twice day on
the face, neck and arms, which are then
quickly rubbed with a soft linen hand
kerchief or towel Those who wish par
ticularly to have the skin whitened quick
ly, every night wash the face where the
preparation has been applied with ordinary
soap and water, and after drying it put on
cold cream or some similar mixture, and
wear face glove or toilet mask during the
night. The mask covers the entire face,
with little holes for the mouth, nose and
eyes. 1t keeps the cream from rubbing off
and is alleged also to soften the skin.
Medicated gloves are also made, similar
to the toilet mask, to be used at night over
a coating of cream, to whten the hands.
All the cosmetic dealers have another
preparation, which Is not used by women
so openly as paint and powder, but which
undoubtedly is used, or it wouldn't be
made 1t goes under different names, but
It's purpose is indicated in one catalogue,
as follows:
Not only can the anatomy Of Venus be
assured by its proper use, but all prema-
ture marks of age, trouble, sleepless nights
NAiAA ebA4Ouc udH WHICH pIOuuCS vi iliNiNH;
can be obliterated and wiped out"
To obtain all of which obliteration it is
necessary only to rub well into the skin at
! night little yellowish, greasy paste. 1t
smells nice, and doesn't look as though it
would do any harm, whether ii does any
good or not.
These are the descriptions of various
preparations in one catalogue:
The only remover of freckles known.
lmparting brllien-y IN the cy s.
Soitening and beAutifying the hands.
Shade for eyebrows aud lashes.
For removing wrinkles.
FOR removing surplus hair.
Glves vitality and new life to dying hair, and
changes any shade 10 a lovely auburn.
Golden water, for making the hair a magnif-
cent blonde shade.
To make any hair lovely gray.
It is said at drug stores that arsenic is
still used by many women for the com
plexion, and belladouna for the eyes, but
the use of these and similar dangerous
beautifers is confined chiefly to one class,
and indulgence in them has been lessened
by the recent developments in the science
o. legitimate cosmetics.-CInciRndti Com
Dscrciat Gazette.
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Cure for swelled B.ads.

| was one of those unfortunates given to
strong drink. 1t reduced me to degrade
ton. | vowed and strove long and hard,
but | seldom held victory over liquor long.
| hated drunkenness but still / drank.
When ! left off | felt horrid want of
something / must have or go distracted. |
could neither eat, work nor sleep. en-
tered reformatory and prayed for strength;
still | must drink. | lived so for over
twenty years; in that time | never alb
stained three months from hard drinking.
At length | was sent to the House of Cor
rection as Il vagrant. If my fimily had
been provided for would have preferred
to remain there, out of the way of liquor
and Of temptation. Explaining my allie
ton to fellow prisoner, a man of much
education and experience, he advised me
to take a dring Of ground quassia, half
ounce stepped in pint Of vinegar, and to
put Il small teaspooniul of it in a little
water, and drink it down every time the
liquor thirst came upon me violently. |
found 1t satisfied the cravings and suiilsed
feeling Of stimulation and strength.
When | was discharged | continued this
cure, and persevered until the thirst was
conquered. For two years | have not
tasted liquor, and ] have no desire for it.
Lately, to try my strength have handled
and smelt whisky, but | have no tempta-
ton to take it. / give this for the consid-
Grafton OF the unfortunate several of whom
know have recovered by the same means
which / no longer require to u5e.-C0aaect-
icut TJo,oe
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A WONDERFUL CLOCK.
The Waterbury Clock That is to Surpass
the St<asburg Clock

The Waterbury Watch Company has
almost completed its wonderful clock,
which, in its mechanism, is said 10 surpass
the famous clock OF Strasburg. II will be
completed by early autumn, and will then
be or exhibition in several of the leading
cities of the United States. No one has
yet seen it but the builders The clock is
is feet high, with a base of feet; the
width IS feet, and ii is 81 feet deep.
Nearly al the choice and expensive varie-
ties of wood enter into its construction :;
also, a numberless variety of metals. The
cabinet work throughout is marvel of
beauty. Five long years have been con-
sumed i'll Its construction sometimes four,
at others five, men have been engaged in
the work Tnae is indicated in the usual
manner by hours, minutes and seconds; in
addition half-seeonds, eighths. sixteenths
and thirty The day of the wear.
month and week may also be taken from
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VIGOROUS TREES VERSUS TssEc

VIGOROUS TREES VERSUS INSECT PESTS
1t appears to be the firm belief of many
fruit-growers that insect pests can thrive
only on sick or unhealthy trees. and that
there is something repulsive in perfectly
healthy tree that has tendency to enable
the tree to rid itself of insect pests
especially those commonly known as scale
insects, or, more commonly, scale bugs.
This however, is in direct opposition to
known facts, namely. that the more healthy
the tree, the more vigorous will be the
scale insects that infest it. This is
especially the case with the cottony cush-
ion-scale, but is equally true of all other
kinds of scale insects.-RuTdI Californian.